Helping Your Child with Fears and Worries 2nd Edition: A self-help guide for parents

Reviews

Lily

However, the condition the book arrived in is poor. The techniques taught in this book are ideal if your child is afraid of an imaginary monster under the stairs. It’s also valuable if your child has ONE specific rational fear that they can reasonably be expected to overcome eg answering a question in class. Instead of identifying your child’s needs and working with the school to meet those needs, you will coach your child into believing their pain and fear is wrong or irrelevant and reward them for believing you.

gingerjo

This is important because anxiety in neurodivergent children is often caused by a complex mix of unmet needs rather than a single easily-defined fear. It’s vital that health providers and parents recognise its limitations. My daughter has school attendance difficulties due to unmet needs in the school environment (stemming from sensory sensitivities, social difficulties and executive function challenges) which have culminated in debilitating levels of anxiety both at home and at school.